Vaginal syringe.



No. 898,300. I PATENTED SEPT. 8, 1908, W. E. ALLEN.

V'AGINAL SYRINGE.

APPLIUATION FILED FEB. 20, 1908.

%%m E Q r Toall whom it may concern:

ICE

. WILLIS n. ALLEN, or SAN ,nr neo, oiLiroamA.

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Eatented Sept. 8, 1908.

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Be it known that l, Wi Lrs E. ALLEN, citizen of the United States, residing at San Diego, in the county of San Diego-and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vaginal Syringes, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements in vaginal syringes of the expandingtype and the invention has for its object'a simple and durable construction of syringe of this character which will be efiicicnt in operation andnot'liable to injure the walls orthe vagina, the syringe being composed ct comparatively aw. parts which may be cheaply manufactured and readily assembled; And a further object of the inve'ntion is a syringe of this character in which the dilating fingers may be easily adjusted at both'ends as maybe required-andysecurely held in adjusted position.

I With these and other objectsin view as will more fully appear as the description proceeds,rthe invention consists incertain constructions, arrangements and combinations of the parts thatl shall hereinafter fully describe and then point out the novel. features in the appended claims. 1

For at ll understanding of-the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

"Figure 1 a longitudinal'sectional view'of asyringeconstmctedin accordance with my invention, parts be' shown in side elevation; Fig. 2-is a horizontal section thereof, on the line 2 .-2 of Fig.1. Fig. 3' is a detail view: oia part hereinafter mentioned.

lanig a is .a-detail view'of the inner portion ofthe spraytube, with the ,dilating fingers shown inclose'cl'positionl Fig. 5 is a detail viewrof a modified arm of, expander. Fig.

dis a detail view of another modification. Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view through the syringe, said tube being formed at one end with a series of et orifices 2 which are. prefer ably obliquely disposed so that thefiuid issug om, will produce a whirling spray The other end of the spray;

or discharge.

tube 1 isjiormed with the usual nipple 3 by which it is designed to be detachably secured with a nipple 7 to which the suction tube 8 may be detachably secured, said tube leading to the suction bulb 9Q,

10 designates the operating handle secured to the outer end of the spray tube 1, as shown.

er specifically referred to, a shield 11, which serves with the cap piece 6, as a return chamber for the fluid discharged from the spray tube 1, said shield being com osed of soft rubber that will adapt itseh to the inner walls of the vagina, without I injury to the Walls and which is formed at its outer rim with a substantially sharp'interior groove12 in which the corresponding rim 13 of the 'ca piece 6 fits, so as to detachably secure the sliieldand ca iece together. The body portion of the sine d 11 may either be formed of spongy rubber or maybe inflated or of a pneumatic character, as illustrated in the drawing, and it is preferably provided at its outer rim with an encircling fiange 14' also of spongy or soft rubber, or inflated, said encircling rim "i'dbeing adapted to fit around the outer walls of the vagina so as to insure against any leakage of the cleansing and healing fluid.

The dilating fingers 15 of my improved syringe are of spring material and are preferably straight throughout the main portion of their length, being'curved inwardly at their innermost ends, as indicated at 16'. The said fingers15-may be formed just above their inwardlycurved endsl 6 or at anypredetermined point, with flanges 17, the edges of which are invention comprises, in addition to. other teatures herema t preferably angularly'disposed as shown, or

rounded. These flanges 17 are designed to ride upon the walls of a single or double turbinate expander. 18 preferably secured ina detachable manner to the spray tube 1 so that one expander may be removed and another of different size substituted therefor, in

order to vary the degree of expansion or dilation. of the ers 15 in the operation of the device. The auges 17 are designed to fit in a groove 19 which may either be an annular groove extending entirely around the expand-er 18 or a seriesof-soclrets pr (lepres sions forthe several, flanges and when the fingers are dilated by the relative movement of the spray tube 1 in one direction, as will be:

, evident from the drawing, the several flanges 17. ride downwardly upon the expander 18, the latter forcing them apart, and the flanges finally lodging in the depression or groove 19 so as to hold the fingers expanded until it is again desired to contract them.

The fingers are at one end turned or off set in an outward direction as indicated at 20 and are thence returned upon themselves as indicated at 21, the inwardly turned extrem-i ties 21 being designed to rest in radial corru-- late or disk 23 end wit the plate 23 and extending outwardly from the cap piece 6.

Thes ray tube 1 is formed near its outer rounded bulge or band 25 and 26, the band 25 being adapted to set' against a soft rubber or cork washer 27 formed at the center of the plate 23 when the spray tube is drawn out-' wardly to contract thedevice, and the band 26 being adapted to fit against a corresponding band or washer 28 formed at the center of the cap piece 6, when the spray tubeis pushed inwardly to expand the device, this construction preventing any leakage around the spray-tube, while at the same time avoid ing theunpleasant effects of washers secured to the tube and sojliable to injure the Walls of upon the relative movement ofthe tube in the vagina.

' In the practical operation of my improved vaginal syringe the device is inserted in the vagina in the contractedcondition with the spray tube 1 inan outward position relative to the dilating fingers, and after the-device has been roperly inserted with the soft rubber shiel 11 in the mouth of the vagina and the soft or air-cushioned.encircling flange 17 fitted against the outer walls so as to efi'ect ually prevent leakage, the spray tube is pushed inwardly and .the bulb 5 squeezed to force the cleansing or healing fluid out of the dischargeendof the spray tube 1 in a whirling spray. The manipulation of the suction bulb 9 will .draw the cleansing or healing fluid out of the Vagina as such bulb will form a partial vacuum by being collapsed just before forcing the liquid into the vagina and its mani ulationfor this operation may be repeate as the accidental contraction of the'device.

before stated, it is clear that mypeculiar;

often as necessary, without removing the syringe. hen the tube 1 has been once pushed in to effect the proper dilation of the fingers, the flanges 17 will engage. with the depression 19 and serve to effectually prevent .AS

, means for securing the outer ends of the an inner and an outer preferably the tube in one direction.

, fingers providesfor the lateral adjustment of the fingers as the requirements of the case may demand, and'the degree to which the other ends of. the. fingers are dilated, may be varied by slipping one expander 18 from the s ray tube and applying another one of a ifierent size. As one modification to which-my invention is adaptablereference -is to be had to Fig. 5, wherein the expander 18 is shown as of single turbinate form, and as another. modi fication, reference is toibe had to -Fig. 6,:

durable and efficient construction of vaglnalsyringe which will not be unplea ant ,to use and which maybe safely used without injury to'thetender walls of the vagina, by reason of the absence .of unnecessary pro ecting parts and the provision of the soft rubber or aircushioned shield 11 with its. encircling flange 14;

Having thus described theinvention, what i is claimed as new is:

u 1. In'a device of the character described, the combination of a spray tube, a series of dilating fingers surrounding said tube, means for rigidly and immovably holding said fin gers at one end at diflerent laterabadjusfi ments around the tube, and means for expanding the opposite ends of said fingers one direction. r

Ina device of the character described, the combination of a spray tube, a series of dilating fingers surrounding said tube, a

plate and a cap piece encircling said tube and,

in which saidtube ismounted to move means for holding said fingers rigidly at one end in laterally. adjusted positions between said parts, and means for dilating the opposite ends ofsaid fingers upon the movement-of V 3. a device of the character described, the combination of a s ray tube, a series "of. dilating fingers encirchng said tube, means for dilating the fingers at one end upon movement of the. tube in one direction, a radially corrugated plate encircling said tube, a cap piece also encircling said tubeoutside of the plate, the fingers being provided. with "inwardly turned extremities adapted to fit in the corrugations of said plate and between 'the latter and the cap piece; and means for holding said plate an cap piece together to secure the fingers in place at difierent lateral adjustments.

4. In a device of the character described, thecombin'ation of a spray tube, a series of dilating fingers encircling said tube and formed at one end with inwardly turned extremities, a radially corrugated plate encircling the tube, the extremities of the fingers fitting in the corrugations of said plate, a cap piece encircling. said tube outslde of said plate 'and adapted to hold said extremities in the corrugations, and set screws secured to said plate and working through the cap piece, and means for expanding the'oppo'site ends of said fingers.

5. A device of the character described, comprising a spray tube, a series of dilating fingers encirchngsaid 'tube, means for expending said fingers at their. inner ends, a

plate encircling saidtube, a cap piece encircling said tube outside of said plate, the fingers being held between said plate and cap piece, both the late and cap piece being provided with was ers where they encircle the tube, and the' tube bein provided with spaced bulged portions a apted to engage said washers upon the movement of the tube in one directionor the other, as and for the purpose set forth.

6. A device of the character described, comprising a spray tube and aseries of dilating fingers encircling said tube, means for securing said fingers thereto at their outer ends, -.and an expander adapted to be slipped on said tube and frictionally held thereon and arranged to engage portions of said fingers to ex and the same upon the movementof the -tu e in one direction.

7. A device of the character described, comprising a spray tube, a series of dilating fingers encircling said tube, means for securing said fingers at one end, and an expander- 8. In a device of the characterdescribed,

the combination of a spray tube, a series of dilating'fingers encirchng said tube, means ,for dilating the fingers at one endtupon the movement of thetube in one direction, a.

plate encircling said tube, a ca piece also encircling said tube outside the p ate, the fingers being provided with 'angularly turned extremities adapted to fit between the plate and the cap piece, and-means for holding said cap piece and plate together to securevthe fingers in place atdifierent lateral adjustments.

In testimony in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIS EVALLEN. 1,. 8.]

Witnesses THOMAS OHALLARAN, B. FORBES.

whereof I affix my signature 

